List: Food Pieces that I have written, and are my favourite | Curated by Uvebruce

Sep 10, 2024
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Food Pieces that I have written, and are my favouriteThis is a list I have compiled of my top food and food-related pieces.  Some of them are factual, some just a story, and some barely food-related. All are special to me and I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
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The Haven
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Uvebruce
It Was Not a Normal Friday NightIt’s hard to explain what normal was during the abnormality of Apartheid South Africa. You had to be there.
Feb 29, 2024
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Feb 29, 2024
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Pitfall
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Uvebruce
I Hate It When My Plate Looks Like a Crime SceneAnd where are those police tape rolls when you really need one?
Feb 12, 2024
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Feb 12, 2024
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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Uvebruce
We Don’t Want Your Restaurant Here. Go away.You’re going to litter the streets with takeaway packaging. And bring riff-raff to our town.
Feb 5, 2024
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Feb 5, 2024
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Pitfall
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Uvebruce
Bad Customers, House Wine, and Friday Nights Are a Bad CombinationSometimes you do what you gotta do
Feb 1, 2024
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Feb 1, 2024
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Doctor Funny
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Uvebruce
A Duel to the Death Over a Full English BreakfastI just finished polishing my ‘sword’ … it may need some landscaping too.
Sep 8, 2023
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Sep 8, 2023
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Dead or Alive
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Uvebruce
My Throat Was Viciously Attacked by a Shard of KaleIt’s like those irreverent pubes that attack the larynx. Or is it the pharynx? Both?
Jan 8, 2024
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Jan 8, 2024
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Pitfall
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Uvebruce
Should You Give People Your Food Recipes?I do. Except for one. I don’t give that to anybody. Here is why.
Jan 7, 2024
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Jan 7, 2024
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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Uvebruce
My First UK Restaurant, Part 2Luck starts with hard work.
Dec 7, 2023
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Dec 7, 2023
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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Uvebruce
My First UK RestaurantIt had so much going against it, that it should not have worked. But against the odds, it did work. Spectacularly.
Dec 7, 2023
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Dec 7, 2023
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The Memoirist
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Uvebruce
I Ate in a Vegetarian RestaurantI kept forking the crockery. And, it was like stepping back in time to a previous vegetarian experience.
Nov 8, 2023
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Nov 8, 2023
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The Memoirist
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Uvebruce
The Guilty Pleasure of Every ChefI’ve yet to meet a chef who is not embarrassed to admit he has this one guilty pleasure
Oct 17, 2023
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Oct 17, 2023
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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Uvebruce
What a Michelin Restaurant Review MeansThe hard work begins now
Jan 23, 2024
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Jan 23, 2024
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BetterMoolah
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Uvebruce
Owning a Restaurant in South Africa Was An Eye OpenerThis was one of my worst days. It made me realise how immature and protected I was
Oct 9, 2023
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Oct 9, 2023
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BetterMoolah
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Uvebruce
My Grandmother Cooked Fish for PoseidonAnd I’m better than her. She told me so.
Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023
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The Memoirist
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Uvebruce
My Grandfather Made Really Lousy CurryI miss that curry every Saturday of my life
Aug 29, 2023
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Aug 29, 2023
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The Pub
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Uvebruce
The BearI do not enjoy restaurant or food “docu-movies”. This is different.
Jul 31, 2023
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Jul 31, 2023
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Pitfall
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Uvebruce
8-Pack Mini Cereal & Other Amazing Rip-offs You Haven’t Thought About Till Now.Variety Pack Cereal is the single biggest rip-off perpetrated by all of humanity. And I totally deny I am even mildly joking.
Jul 18, 2023
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Jul 18, 2023
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BetterMoolah
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Uvebruce
Only 3 Things Differentiate a Good Home Cook from a Restaurant ChefAnd of the three, only one is critical
Jul 13, 2023
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Jul 13, 2023
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ILLUMINATION
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Uvebruce
The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders — A Recipe for Dementia RedemptionWould you put up with this level of service, for a good cause?
May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023
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The Pub
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Uvebruce
Come Quick Boss, Seacrest has Cut HimselfNow I’m also the resident frikkin doctor.
Apr 3, 2023
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Apr 3, 2023
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